London-bound flight turns back to Miami because 'disruptive' female passenger refuses to wear mask.

The airline called Miami-Dade police and once the plane landed, officers escorted a woman off the plane at Miami International Airport Wednesday evening without incidentA spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department said American Airlines staff dealt 'administratively' with the passenger, which involved her being placed on the airline's no-fly list pending further investigation.

It was unclear if the passenger, a woman in her 40s, was British or American. It was unclear if she was British or American. She was put on American Airlines' internal no-fly list pending further investigation.

The woman was not arrested, as she did not break local law. In September, President Joe Biden increased the federal penalty for people refusing to mask up on planes to $500.

The flight was canceled as a result of the incident. Many passengers had to stay overnight in Miami to catch a re-booked flight on Thursday.

A spokesperson for American Airlines told DailyMail.com customers were re-accommodated onto other flights.

The airline apologized in a statement Thursday.

'Flight 38 with service from Miami (MIA) to London (LHR) returned to MIA due to disruptive customer refusing to comply with the federal mask mandate,' a spokesperson said. 'The flight landed at MIA where local law enforcement met the aircraft. We thank our crew for their professionalism and apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.'

One passenger, Theresa Green, said American did more than that in taking care of her and her fellow travelers.

'They looked after us. They put us up in nice hotels,' Green said. 'I've had a good day. So I'm good. I got to see Miami, so it's all good.'

American said there were 129 passengers and 14 crew members on the plane. Pilots turned the Boeing 777 around about 500 miles into the 4,400-mile transatlantic flight.

Initially, many of them were confused regarding the turnaround.

'We weren't given any instructions, just told that we had to go back and now we can't get our luggage,' said one passenger to CBS4.

Many on the plane had were completely in the dark on why the flight returned to Miami.

'They wouldn't really say anything and I don't think they told the flight attendants anything because all they would say is there was an extreme incident and they had to turn around,' said another passenger.

In mid-December, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said he does not think masks should be required on planes any longer - even as new cases of the Omicron variant spread across the nation.At a Senate hearing about the financial support airlines received in 2020 and 2021, Sen. Roger Wicker, the ranking Republican on the Senate committee, asked Parker and Southwest CEO Gary Kelly their thoughts on the federal government's mask mandate for flying.

'I think the case is very strong that masks don't add very much, if anything, in the air cabin environment,' Kelly said. 'It is very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting.'

Both he and Parker pointed out that airlines improved airflow on board their planes in the wake of the pandemic, noting that high-grade HEPA air filters on planes capture almost all airborne contamination and the cabin air is often exchanged with fresh air from outside.

concur,' said Parker, according to CNN. 'An aircraft is the safest place you can be.

'It's true of all of our aircrafts - they all have the same HEPA filters and airflow.'

The Transportation Safety Administration first announced its mask mandate for all travelers last year, and extended it in April, with an expiration date of September 13, before extending it again in August through March 2022.

Airlines reported nearly 6,000 incidents involving unruly passengers last year and 151 in the first two weeks of this year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Most of them involved passengers who refused to wear masks.

In December, a Florida man wearing red women's underwear as a face mask was kicked off an airplane prior to takeoff - followed by other passengers who also got off in support.

Video footage of the Wednesday morning incident shows staff on United Airlines confronting Adam Jenne, who had underwear covering his nose and mouth, as he waited onboard for his flight from Fort Lauderdale to Washington to take off.

'You're going to have to come off the airplane. We're not going to let you travel,' said a flight attendant in a cell phone video recorded by a passenger.

'Why?' responded Jenne in the video, which was obtained by Fox4.

'You're not in mask compliance,' said the attendant in the video.

Jenne, 38, of Cape Coral, Florida, told the outlet that the underwear was within TSA guidelines - a federal law until at least May - despite the fact that he doesn't agree with the rule requiring passengers to wear masks on planes.

In October, an apparent anti-masker boarding a United flight became the latest unruly passenger to get hauled off a plane by cops after he screamed at a flight attendant and threatened fellow flyers when he was asked to put on his mask.

The unidentified passenger went on a foul-mouthed tirade on the Los Angeles-bound flight, warning someone who tried to diffuse the situation, 'I'll break your neck!'

TikTok user Alexander Clark posted the footage last Thursday of the raving anti-masker, who was seated directly behind him.

The viral video posted to Clark's Tik Tok account @starcadearcade - which has been viewed 4.3 million - begins with the anti-masker angrily yelling at a male flight attendant after he was asked four times to put his phone away and put his mask on.